MQTT Consumer Input plugin

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Cameron Sparr 2016-02-09 15:03:46 -07:00
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@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
## v0.10.3 [unreleased]
### Release Notes
- Users of the `exec` and `kafka_consumer` can now specify the incoming data
- Users of the `exec` and `kafka_consumer` (and the new `nats_consumer`
and `mqtt_consumer` plugins) can now specify the incoming data
format that they would like to parse. Currently supports: "json", "influx", and
"graphite"
- More info on parsing arbitrary data formats can be found
@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ format that they would like to parse. Currently supports: "json", "influx", and
- [#655](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/655): Support parsing arbitrary data formats. Currently limited to kafka_consumer and exec inputs.
- [#671](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/671): Dovecot input plugin. Thanks @mikif70!
- [#680](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/680): NATS consumer input plugin. Thanks @netixen!
- [#676](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/676): MQTT consumer input plugin.
### Bugfixes
- [#443](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/443): Fix Ping command timeout parameter on Linux.

3
Godeps
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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
git.eclipse.org/gitroot/paho/org.eclipse.paho.mqtt.golang.git dbd8d5c40a582eb9adacde36b47932b3a3ad0034
git.eclipse.org/gitroot/paho/org.eclipse.paho.mqtt.golang.git 617c801af238c3af2d9e72c5d4a0f02edad03ce5
github.com/Shopify/sarama d37c73f2b2bce85f7fa16b6a550d26c5372892ef
github.com/Sirupsen/logrus f7f79f729e0fbe2fcc061db48a9ba0263f588252
github.com/amir/raidman 6a8e089bbe32e6b907feae5ba688841974b3c339
@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ github.com/naoina/go-stringutil 6b638e95a32d0c1131db0e7fe83775cbea4a0d0b
github.com/naoina/toml 751171607256bb66e64c9f0220c00662420c38e9
github.com/nats-io/nats 6a83f1a633cfbfd90aa648ac99fb38c06a8b40df
github.com/nsqio/go-nsq 2118015c120962edc5d03325c680daf3163a8b5f
github.com/pborman/uuid dee7705ef7b324f27ceb85a121c61f2c2e8ce988
github.com/pmezard/go-difflib 792786c7400a136282c1664665ae0a8db921c6c2
github.com/prometheus/client_golang 67994f177195311c3ea3d4407ed0175e34a4256f
github.com/prometheus/client_model fa8ad6fec33561be4280a8f0514318c79d7f6cb6

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@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ Currently implemented sources:
Telegraf can also collect metrics via the following service plugins:
* statsd
* mqtt_consumer
* kafka_consumer
* nats_consumer
* github_webhooks

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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ The example plugin gathers metrics about example things
### Configuration:
```
```toml
# Description
[[inputs.example]]
# SampleConfig

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@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mailchimp"
_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/memcached"
_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mongodb"
_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mqtt_consumer"
_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mysql"
_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/nats_consumer"
_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/nginx"

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# Kafka Consumer
# Kafka Consumer Input Plugin
The [Kafka](http://kafka.apache.org/) consumer plugin polls a specified Kafka
topic and adds messages to InfluxDB. The plugin assumes messages follow the
@ -6,6 +6,29 @@ line protocol. [Consumer Group](http://godoc.org/github.com/wvanbergen/kafka/con
is used to talk to the Kafka cluster so multiple instances of telegraf can read
from the same topic in parallel.
## Configuration
```toml
# Read metrics from Kafka topic(s)
[[inputs.kafka_consumer]]
### topic(s) to consume
topics = ["telegraf"]
### an array of Zookeeper connection strings
zookeeper_peers = ["localhost:2181"]
### the name of the consumer group
consumer_group = "telegraf_metrics_consumers"
### Maximum number of metrics to buffer between collection intervals
metric_buffer = 100000
### Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")
offset = "oldest"
### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
### more about them here:
### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
data_format = "influx"
```
## Testing
Running integration tests requires running Zookeeper & Kafka. The following
@ -16,9 +39,3 @@ To start Kafka & Zookeeper:
```
docker run -d -p 2181:2181 -p 9092:9092 --env ADVERTISED_HOST=`boot2docker ip || docker-machine ip <your_machine_name>` --env ADVERTISED_PORT=9092 spotify/kafka
```
To run tests:
```
go test
```

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@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ type Kafka struct {
Topics []string
ZookeeperPeers []string
Consumer *consumergroup.ConsumerGroup
MetricBuffer int
// TODO remove PointBuffer, legacy support
PointBuffer int
Offset string
@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ type Kafka struct {
in <-chan *sarama.ConsumerMessage
// channel for all kafka consumer errors
errs <-chan *sarama.ConsumerError
// channel for all incoming parsed kafka points
// channel for all incoming parsed kafka metrics
metricC chan telegraf.Metric
done chan struct{}
@ -46,8 +48,8 @@ var sampleConfig = `
zookeeper_peers = ["localhost:2181"]
### the name of the consumer group
consumer_group = "telegraf_metrics_consumers"
### Maximum number of points to buffer between collection intervals
point_buffer = 100000
### Maximum number of metrics to buffer between collection intervals
metric_buffer = 100000
### Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")
offset = "oldest"
@ -104,10 +106,13 @@ func (k *Kafka) Start() error {
}
k.done = make(chan struct{})
if k.PointBuffer == 0 {
k.PointBuffer = 100000
if k.PointBuffer == 0 && k.MetricBuffer == 0 {
k.MetricBuffer = 100000
} else if k.PointBuffer > 0 {
// Legacy support of PointBuffer field TODO remove
k.MetricBuffer = k.PointBuffer
}
k.metricC = make(chan telegraf.Metric, k.PointBuffer)
k.metricC = make(chan telegraf.Metric, k.MetricBuffer)
// Start the kafka message reader
go k.receiver()
@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ func (k *Kafka) receiver() {
case msg := <-k.in:
metrics, err := k.parser.Parse(msg.Value)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("Could not parse kafka message: %s, error: %s",
log.Printf("KAFKA PARSE ERROR\nmessage: %s\nerror: %s",
string(msg.Value), err.Error())
}
@ -139,7 +144,7 @@ func (k *Kafka) receiver() {
continue
default:
log.Printf("Kafka Consumer buffer is full, dropping a metric." +
" You may want to increase the point_buffer setting")
" You may want to increase the metric_buffer setting")
}
}
@ -166,10 +171,10 @@ func (k *Kafka) Stop() {
func (k *Kafka) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
k.Lock()
defer k.Unlock()
npoints := len(k.metricC)
for i := 0; i < npoints; i++ {
point := <-k.metricC
acc.AddFields(point.Name(), point.Fields(), point.Tags(), point.Time())
nmetrics := len(k.metricC)
for i := 0; i < nmetrics; i++ {
metric := <-k.metricC
acc.AddFields(metric.Name(), metric.Fields(), metric.Tags(), metric.Time())
}
return nil
}

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# MQTT Consumer Input Plugin
The [MQTT](http://mqtt.org/) consumer plugin reads from
specified MQTT topics and adds messages to InfluxDB.
The plugin expects messages in the
[Telegraf Input Data Formats](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md).
### Configuration:
```toml
# Read metrics from MQTT topic(s)
[[inputs.mqtt_consumer]]
servers = ["localhost:1883"]
### MQTT QoS, must be 0, 1, or 2
qos = 0
### Topics to subscribe to
topics = [
"telegraf/host01/cpu",
"telegraf/+/mem",
"sensors/#",
]
### Maximum number of metrics to buffer between collection intervals
metric_buffer = 100000
### username and password to connect MQTT server.
# username = "telegraf"
# password = "metricsmetricsmetricsmetrics"
### Optional SSL Config
# ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
# ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
# ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
### Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
# insecure_skip_verify = false
### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
### more about them here:
### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
data_format = "influx"
```
### Tags:
- All measurements are tagged with the incoming topic, ie
`topic=telegraf/host01/cpu`

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package mqtt_consumer
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"sync"
"time"
"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
"git.eclipse.org/gitroot/paho/org.eclipse.paho.mqtt.golang.git"
)
type MQTTConsumer struct {
Servers []string
Topics []string
Username string
Password string
MetricBuffer int
QoS int `toml:"qos"`
parser parsers.Parser
// Path to CA file
SSLCA string `toml:"ssl_ca"`
// Path to host cert file
SSLCert string `toml:"ssl_cert"`
// Path to cert key file
SSLKey string `toml:"ssl_key"`
// Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
InsecureSkipVerify bool
sync.Mutex
client *mqtt.Client
// channel for all incoming parsed mqtt metrics
metricC chan telegraf.Metric
// channel for the topics of all incoming metrics (for tagging metrics)
topicC chan string
// channel of all incoming raw mqtt messages
in chan mqtt.Message
done chan struct{}
}
var sampleConfig = `
servers = ["localhost:1883"]
### MQTT QoS, must be 0, 1, or 2
qos = 0
### Topics to subscribe to
topics = [
"telegraf/host01/cpu",
"telegraf/+/mem",
"sensors/#",
]
### Maximum number of metrics to buffer between collection intervals
metric_buffer = 100000
### username and password to connect MQTT server.
# username = "telegraf"
# password = "metricsmetricsmetricsmetrics"
### Optional SSL Config
# ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
# ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
# ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
### Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
# insecure_skip_verify = false
### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
### more about them here:
### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
data_format = "influx"
`
func (m *MQTTConsumer) SampleConfig() string {
return sampleConfig
}
func (m *MQTTConsumer) Description() string {
return "Read metrics from MQTT topic(s)"
}
func (m *MQTTConsumer) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
m.parser = parser
}
func (m *MQTTConsumer) Start() error {
m.Lock()
defer m.Unlock()
if m.QoS > 2 || m.QoS < 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("MQTT Consumer, invalid QoS value: %d", m.QoS)
}
opts, err := m.createOpts()
if err != nil {
return err
}
m.client = mqtt.NewClient(opts)
if token := m.client.Connect(); token.Wait() && token.Error() != nil {
return token.Error()
}
m.in = make(chan mqtt.Message, m.MetricBuffer)
m.done = make(chan struct{})
if m.MetricBuffer == 0 {
m.MetricBuffer = 100000
}
m.metricC = make(chan telegraf.Metric, m.MetricBuffer)
m.topicC = make(chan string, m.MetricBuffer)
topics := make(map[string]byte)
for _, topic := range m.Topics {
topics[topic] = byte(m.QoS)
}
subscribeToken := m.client.SubscribeMultiple(topics, m.recvMessage)
subscribeToken.Wait()
if subscribeToken.Error() != nil {
return subscribeToken.Error()
}
go m.receiver()
return nil
}
// receiver() reads all incoming messages from the consumer, and parses them into
// influxdb metric points.
func (m *MQTTConsumer) receiver() {
for {
select {
case <-m.done:
return
case msg := <-m.in:
topic := msg.Topic()
metrics, err := m.parser.Parse(msg.Payload())
if err != nil {
log.Printf("MQTT PARSE ERROR\nmessage: %s\nerror: %s",
string(msg.Payload()), err.Error())
}
for _, metric := range metrics {
select {
case m.metricC <- metric:
m.topicC <- topic
default:
log.Printf("MQTT Consumer buffer is full, dropping a metric." +
" You may want to increase the metric_buffer setting")
}
}
}
}
}
func (m *MQTTConsumer) recvMessage(_ *mqtt.Client, msg mqtt.Message) {
m.in <- msg
}
func (m *MQTTConsumer) Stop() {
m.Lock()
defer m.Unlock()
close(m.done)
m.client.Disconnect(200)
}
func (m *MQTTConsumer) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
m.Lock()
defer m.Unlock()
nmetrics := len(m.metricC)
for i := 0; i < nmetrics; i++ {
metric := <-m.metricC
topic := <-m.topicC
tags := metric.Tags()
tags["topic"] = topic
acc.AddFields(metric.Name(), metric.Fields(), tags, metric.Time())
}
return nil
}
func (m *MQTTConsumer) createOpts() (*mqtt.ClientOptions, error) {
opts := mqtt.NewClientOptions()
opts.SetClientID("Telegraf-Consumer-" + internal.RandomString(5))
tlsCfg, err := internal.GetTLSConfig(
m.SSLCert, m.SSLKey, m.SSLCA, m.InsecureSkipVerify)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
scheme := "tcp"
if tlsCfg != nil {
scheme = "ssl"
opts.SetTLSConfig(tlsCfg)
}
user := m.Username
if user == "" {
opts.SetUsername(user)
}
password := m.Password
if password != "" {
opts.SetPassword(password)
}
if len(m.Servers) == 0 {
return opts, fmt.Errorf("could not get host infomations")
}
for _, host := range m.Servers {
server := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s", scheme, host)
opts.AddBroker(server)
}
opts.SetAutoReconnect(true)
opts.SetKeepAlive(time.Second * 60)
return opts, nil
}
func init() {
inputs.Add("mqtt_consumer", func() telegraf.Input {
return &MQTTConsumer{}
})
}

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package mqtt_consumer
import (
"testing"
"time"
"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
"git.eclipse.org/gitroot/paho/org.eclipse.paho.mqtt.golang.git"
)
const (
testMsg = "cpu_load_short,host=server01 value=23422.0 1422568543702900257"
testMsgGraphite = "cpu.load.short.graphite 23422 1454780029"
testMsgJSON = "{\"a\": 5, \"b\": {\"c\": 6}}\n"
invalidMsg = "cpu_load_short,host=server01 1422568543702900257"
metricBuffer = 5
)
func newTestMQTTConsumer() (*MQTTConsumer, chan mqtt.Message) {
in := make(chan mqtt.Message, metricBuffer)
n := &MQTTConsumer{
Topics: []string{"telegraf"},
Servers: []string{"localhost:1883"},
MetricBuffer: metricBuffer,
in: in,
done: make(chan struct{}),
metricC: make(chan telegraf.Metric, metricBuffer),
topicC: make(chan string, metricBuffer),
}
return n, in
}
// Test that the parser parses NATS messages into metrics
func TestRunParser(t *testing.T) {
n, in := newTestMQTTConsumer()
defer close(n.done)
n.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
go n.receiver()
in <- mqttMsg(testMsg)
time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
if a := len(n.metricC); a != 1 {
t.Errorf("got %v, expected %v", a, 1)
}
}
// Test that the parser ignores invalid messages
func TestRunParserInvalidMsg(t *testing.T) {
n, in := newTestMQTTConsumer()
defer close(n.done)
n.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
go n.receiver()
in <- mqttMsg(invalidMsg)
time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
if a := len(n.metricC); a != 0 {
t.Errorf("got %v, expected %v", a, 0)
}
}
// Test that metrics are dropped when we hit the buffer limit
func TestRunParserRespectsBuffer(t *testing.T) {
n, in := newTestMQTTConsumer()
defer close(n.done)
n.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
go n.receiver()
for i := 0; i < metricBuffer+1; i++ {
in <- mqttMsg(testMsg)
}
time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
if a := len(n.metricC); a != metricBuffer {
t.Errorf("got %v, expected %v", a, metricBuffer)
}
}
// Test that the parser parses line format messages into metrics
func TestRunParserAndGather(t *testing.T) {
n, in := newTestMQTTConsumer()
defer close(n.done)
n.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
go n.receiver()
in <- mqttMsg(testMsg)
time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
n.Gather(&acc)
if a := len(acc.Metrics); a != 1 {
t.Errorf("got %v, expected %v", a, 1)
}
acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "cpu_load_short",
map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(23422)})
}
// Test that the parser parses graphite format messages into metrics
func TestRunParserAndGatherGraphite(t *testing.T) {
n, in := newTestMQTTConsumer()
defer close(n.done)
n.parser, _ = parsers.NewGraphiteParser("_", []string{}, nil)
go n.receiver()
in <- mqttMsg(testMsgGraphite)
time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
n.Gather(&acc)
if a := len(acc.Metrics); a != 1 {
t.Errorf("got %v, expected %v", a, 1)
}
acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "cpu_load_short_graphite",
map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(23422)})
}
// Test that the parser parses json format messages into metrics
func TestRunParserAndGatherJSON(t *testing.T) {
n, in := newTestMQTTConsumer()
defer close(n.done)
n.parser, _ = parsers.NewJSONParser("nats_json_test", []string{}, nil)
go n.receiver()
in <- mqttMsg(testMsgJSON)
time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
n.Gather(&acc)
if a := len(acc.Metrics); a != 1 {
t.Errorf("got %v, expected %v", a, 1)
}
acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "nats_json_test",
map[string]interface{}{
"a": float64(5),
"b_c": float64(6),
})
}
func mqttMsg(val string) mqtt.Message {
return &message{
topic: "telegraf/unit_test",
payload: []byte(val),
}
}
// Take the message struct from the paho mqtt client library for returning
// a test message interface.
type message struct {
duplicate bool
qos byte
retained bool
topic string
messageID uint16
payload []byte
}
func (m *message) Duplicate() bool {
return m.duplicate
}
func (m *message) Qos() byte {
return m.qos
}
func (m *message) Retained() bool {
return m.retained
}
func (m *message) Topic() string {
return m.topic
}
func (m *message) MessageID() uint16 {
return m.messageID
}
func (m *message) Payload() []byte {
return m.payload
}

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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
# NATS Consumer
# NATS Consumer Input Plugin
The [NATS](http://www.nats.io/about/) consumer plugin reads from
specified NATS subjects and adds messages to InfluxDB. The plugin expects messages
@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ is used when subscribing to subjects so multiple instances of telegraf can read
from a NATS cluster in parallel.
## Configuration
```
```toml
# Read metrics from NATS subject(s)
[[inputs.nats_consumer]]
### urls of NATS servers
@ -28,11 +29,3 @@ from a NATS cluster in parallel.
### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
data_format = "influx"
```
## Testing
To run tests:
```
go test
```

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@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import (
"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
)
const MaxRetryCount = 3
const ClientIdPrefix = "telegraf"
type MQTT struct {
Servers []string `toml:"servers"`
Username string
@ -21,6 +18,7 @@ type MQTT struct {
Database string
Timeout internal.Duration
TopicPrefix string
QoS int `toml:"qos"`
// Path to CA file
SSLCA string `toml:"ssl_ca"`
@ -39,6 +37,8 @@ type MQTT struct {
var sampleConfig = `
servers = ["localhost:1883"] # required.
### MQTT QoS, must be 0, 1, or 2
qos = 0
### MQTT outputs send metrics to this topic format
### "<topic_prefix>/<hostname>/<pluginname>/"
@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ func (m *MQTT) Connect() error {
var err error
m.Lock()
defer m.Unlock()
if m.QoS > 2 || m.QoS < 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("MQTT Output, invalid QoS value: %d", m.QoS)
}
m.opts, err = m.createOpts()
if err != nil {
@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ func (m *MQTT) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
}
func (m *MQTT) publish(topic, body string) error {
token := m.client.Publish(topic, 0, false, body)
token := m.client.Publish(topic, byte(m.QoS), false, body)
token.Wait()
if token.Error() != nil {
return token.Error()

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@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ type GraphiteParser struct {
matcher *matcher
}
func (p *GraphiteParser) SetDefaultTags(tags map[string]string) {
p.DefaultTags = tags
}
func NewGraphiteParser(
separator string,
templates []string,
@ -104,13 +108,14 @@ func (p *GraphiteParser) Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, 0)
var errStr string
buffer := bytes.NewBuffer(buf)
reader := bufio.NewReader(buffer)
for {
// Read up to the next newline.
buf, err := reader.ReadBytes('\n')
if err == io.EOF {
return metrics, nil
break
}
if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
return metrics, err
@ -118,10 +123,19 @@ func (p *GraphiteParser) Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
// Trim the buffer, even though there should be no padding
line := strings.TrimSpace(string(buf))
if metric, err := p.ParseLine(line); err == nil {
metric, err := p.ParseLine(line)
if err == nil {
metrics = append(metrics, metric)
} else {
errStr += err.Error() + "\n"
}
}
if errStr != "" {
return metrics, fmt.Errorf(errStr)
}
return metrics, nil
}
// Parse performs Graphite parsing of a single line.

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@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ func (p *InfluxParser) ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
return metrics[0], nil
}
func (p *InfluxParser) SetDefaultTags(tags map[string]string) {
p.DefaultTags = tags
}

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@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ func (p *JSONParser) ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
return metrics[0], nil
}
func (p *JSONParser) SetDefaultTags(tags map[string]string) {
p.DefaultTags = tags
}
type JSONFlattener struct {
Fields map[string]interface{}
}

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@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ type Parser interface {
// ie, "cpu.usage.idle 90"
// and parses it into a telegraf metric.
ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error)
// SetDefaultTags tells the parser to add all of the given tags
// to each parsed metric.
// NOTE: do _not_ modify the map after you've passed it here!!
SetDefaultTags(tags map[string]string)
}
// Config is a struct that covers the data types needed for all parser types,